Shelter From The Storm

Twas in another lifetime one of toil and blood

When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud

I came in from the wilderness a creature void of form

Come in she said I'll give you shelter from the storm

And if I pass this way again you can rest assured

I'll always do my best for her on that I give my word

In a world of steel eyed death and men

Who are fighting to be warm

Come in she said I'll give you shelter from the storm

Not a word was spoke between us

There was little risk involved

Everything up to that point had been left unresolved

Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm

Come in she said I'll give you shelter from the storm

I was burned out from exhaustion buried in the hail

Poisoned in the bushes an blown out on the trail

Hunted like a crocodile ravaged in the corn

Come in she said I'll give you shelter from the storm

Suddenly I turned around and she was standing there

With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair

She walked up to me so gracefully

And took my crown of thorns

Come in she said I'll give you shelter from the storm

Not word was spoke between us there was risk involved

Everything up to that point had been left unresolved

Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm

Come in she said I'll give you shelter from the storm

Well the deputy walks on hard nails

And the preacher rides a mount

But nothing really matters much

It's doom alone that counts

And the one eyed undertaker he blows a futile horn

Come in she said I'll give you shelter from the storm

I've heard newborn babies wailing like a mourning dove

And old men with broken teeth stranded without love

Do I understand your question man

Is it hopeless and forlorn

Come in she said I'll give you shelter from the storm

Now there's a wall between us something there's been lost

I took too much for granted got my signals crossed

Just to think that it all began on a long forgotten morn

Come in she said I'll give you shelter from the storm

In a little hilltop village they gambled for my clothes

I bargained for salvation an' they gave me a lethal dose

I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn

Come in she said I'll give you shelter from the storm

Well I'm livin' in a foreign country

But I'm bound to cross the line

Beauty walks a razor's edge someday I'll make it mine

If I could only turn back the clock to when

God and her were born

Come in she said I'll give you shelter from the storm